Major conflict1700 – 1721 · 21 years
Great Northern War
Baltic region · Poland · Sweden · Russia
1700-1721 conflict established Russia as Baltic major power and displaced Sweden from northern European hegemony.
Estimated casualties
200Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
Peter the Great of Russia fought Sweden for Baltic dominance. The war involved major battles at Narva, Poltava, and numerous campaigns. Russian military modernization under Peter proved superior. Sweden's decline was irreversible.
Why it mattered
Great Northern War established Russia as a major European power. Swedish decline presaged Russian emergence as dominant Baltic power.
Belligerents5
- Russia
- Sweden
- Poland
- Denmark
- Saxony
ON THE MAPRussia (Tsardom, later Empire)Swedish EmpirePoland-Lithuania
Conflict graph
SUB-CONFLICTS · 48
- Battle of Copenhagen1700
- Battle of Jungfernhof1700
- Battle of Dunamunde1701
- Battle of Riga1701
- Battle of Erestfer1702
- Battle of Hummelshof1702
- Battle of Kliszow1702
- Battle of Noteborg1702
- Battle of Nyenskans1703
- Battle of Pultusk1703
- Battle of Thorn1703
- Battle of Dorpat1704
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Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Great Northern War (1700 – 1721). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/great-northern-war · Sources & methodology